Since 2012, Anne Sanquini, a PhD candidate of Geological Sciences at Stanford University has led a study of seismic- resistant schools and public buildings suggested by the National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET) and engineers from the Department of Education with the help of Sundar Thapaliya,...

The Room to Read-constructed building (right) survived both quakes unharmed, while the adjacent structure (left) was completely destroyed by the shaking.
A San Francisco-based non-profit that builds schools and libraries in developing countries reports that its buildings fared well in the earthquake....

A structural engineering professor at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological Institute has been implementing a low-cost retrofit for schools in SE Asia.
“In Nepal, for instance, six school buildings which had their beam and column structures wrapped with low-cost materials like wire mesh and glass...

Several schools have been caught and reprimanded for attempting to get money from parents for repairing quake-damaged schools.
Some notes on this article: 100 Nepali rupees = 1 US dollar; Nepal uses its own calendar with different months than the Gregorian calendar (Baisakh = mid-April-mid-May, Jeth...

Schools constructed with earthbag technology have been reported to have good performance in the Nepal earthquake and subsequent aftershocks.
http://www.myrepublica.com/t20/item/22302-earthbag-school-buildings-proved-effective-and-safe-during-quakes.html
source: http://www.myrepublica.com/t20/item/22302-earthbag-school-buildings-proved-effective-and-safe-during-quakes.html
The...

The Ministry of Education has stressed the need for code-based structural safety assessments of schools buildings, concerned that some schools have re-started classes without the proper checks.
http://www.myrepublica.com/society/item/22195-moe-orders-safety-assessment-of-school-buildings.html
For those...

Courtesy BBC
According to the BBC, schools have begun to reopen in Nepal. Many are using rudimentary and temporary construction, such as bamboo and tarpaulins, but it’s an important step for the recovery of the country. Some estimates show 8,000 schools were closed in the immediate aftermath of...

The earthquakes in Nepal have caused server damage to educational infrastructure in Nepal. Wall collapse has been a common failure in smaller schools, and sever damage has even been reported in some newer construction. Even buildings at Kathmandu University have been found structurally unsound. It...

EERI Reconnaissance Team Findings

EERI Team Report ReleasedThe 185-page report describes the findings of a multidisciplinary reconnaissance team sent to Nepal by EERI’s Learning from Earthquakes program.

Watch the EERI Reconnaissance Briefing WebinarsThe video playlist features an introduction on EERI’s response, presentations in different topic areas by each member of the team that visited Nepal in June 2015, and a summary of the mission’s findings. Briefing videos range in duration from 10 to 35 minutes, and can be watched individually or in a series.

View EERI Photo GalleryThese photos were taken by members of the EERI reconnaissance team that traveled to Nepal in June 2015. The photos are viewable through the photo gallery and within the map, below.